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Pauline Paris Buisch

Pauline Paris Buisch, PhD is a Guest Writer. She is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. Her first book (under review) traces the literary and theological development of the biblical motif of the woman facing the threat of childlessness.

Isaiah 9 and the Baby at the Center

"For a child has been born for us, a son given to us." Pauline Buisch asks, why highlight the king’s infancy? Why would an oracle about a coming Davidic king feature language of birth and sonship? Why, as it were, is a baby at the center?